How to Preserve and Restore Family Records and Books

See also United States, How to Find Genealogy Records

Several Websites help you learn about preserving your family records. Here are a few.

Preservation

• U.S. National Archives & Records Administration at www.archives.gov/preservation/family-archives/

• The American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works at http://aic.stanford.edu

• The Institute of Paper Conservation at http://palimpsest.stanford.edu

• Northeast Document Conservation Center at www.nedcc.org

• Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education at https://www.si.edu/mci/

• Cyndi's List - Preservation & Conservation at www.cyndislist.com/preservation.htm

Binding information

• Utah Bookbinding Company at www.utahbookbinding.com

• Grimm Book Bindery, Inc. at www.grimmbindery.com
  

• They also do book repairs and restorations of single books.

• Inks and Toners Research Information:

• Wilhelm Imaging Research at www.wilhelm-research.com